BANSON vs. ABBEY [1962]DLSC1391

Date	1962-04-02
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1962]DLSC1391

KORSAH JSC

C.J. JSC

VAN LARE JSC

SARKODEE-ADDO J.S.C.

S. BAIDOO FOR THE APPELLANT.

R. S. BLAY FOR THE DEFENDANT.

[1962]DLSC1391
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color:#00B0F0">BANSON<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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color:#00B0F0">&nbsp;vs. <o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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color:#00B0F0">ABBEY <o:p></o:p>[SUPREME COURT]<o:p></o:p>[1962] 1 GLR 213<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.5pt;
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DATE:<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
color:#00B0F0"> 2ND APRIL, 1962.<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.5pt;
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S.
BAIDOO FOR THE APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.5pt;
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KORSAH, C.J., VAN LARE AND
SARKODEE-ADDO, JJ.S.C.<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>JUDGMENT OF
KORSAH, C.J.<o:p></o:p>Korsah, C.J. delivered the judgment of the court. In this appeal
an important question of procedure, relating to conditions of appeal which may
be imposed by the registrar of the court below has been raised by counsel for
the respondent in support of his contention in a preliminary objection on the
following grounds:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">“(1) That the appeal is not properly before the court in that the
court below had no power to grant an extension of time within which to fulfil
the time imposed by the registrar of the court below under Rule 14 of the Supreme
Court (Court of Appeal) Rules, 1957. (2) Because the court below was wrong in
holding that appeals to the Court of Appeal or Supreme Court, were governed by
the Supreme Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 1954, particularly Order 64 of the
said Rules”.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The history of this appeal may be briefly stated: judgment was
delivered by the High Court, Sekondi, on 23rd June, 1960, in favour of
plaintiff. The defendant being dissatisfied with the said judgment, filed
notice of appeal, on the 18th July, 1960, in the registry of the court below
together with the grounds of appeal as required by the Supreme Court (Court of
Appeal) Rules, 1957, made in exercise of the powers conferred upon the Rules
Committee by section 119 of the Courts Ordinance.1(1) By virtue of rule 11 (3)
of the said Rules “An appeal shall be deemed to have been brought when the
notice of appeal has been filed in the Registry of the Court below”, so that to
all intents and purposes this appeal must be deemed to have been brought on the
18th July, 1960, one month and five days after the judgment was delivered. Rule
11 (1) reads:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">“Subject to any law for the time being in force no appeal shall be
brought after the expiration of fourteen days in the case of an appeal against
an interlocutory decision or of three months in the case of an appeal against a
final decision, unless the Court below or the Court shall enlarge the time.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>It will be noticed, however, that the instant appeal had already
been brought on the 18th July, 1960, which is within the statutory period so
that the next step in the appeal was to be taken by the registrar of the court,
who shall cause notice thereof to be served on each of the parties mentioned as
provided by rule 12. He shall also, summon the parties before him to settle the
documents and any other matter which forms part of the record to be included in
the record, etc. In the course of settling the record the registrar and parties
shall endeavour to exclude from the record documents that are not relevant to
the subject-matter of the appeal and generally to reduce the bulk of the record
as far as practicable with the view to reducing costs. It is further provided
by rule 13 (4):<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">“The appellant shall within such time as the Registrar of the
Court below directs, deposit with him a sum fixed to cover the estimated
expense of making up and forwarding the record of appeal calculated at the full
cost of one copy for the appellant and one-quarter cost for each of the three
copies for the use of the Court .”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>It is therefore obvious that it is by virtue of rule 13 that the
registrar is required to impose what is generally known as the conditions of
appeal.<o:p></o:p>Thereafter rule 14 requires:<o:p></o:p>